CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
Early Days of William[1]
Marriage with the Princess Mary[4]
William and Mary in Holland[5]
Preparations for Revolution[9]
Infatuated Conduct of King James[13]
CHAPTER II.
William’s Declaration[27]
James gives Audience to the Bishops[29]
William sets Sail[34]
Landing of the Prince[36]
James goes to Salisbury[43]
William’s Popularity[49]
Flight of James to Sheerness[53]
Return of James to London[56]
Arrival of William at St. James’s[57]
CHAPTER III.
Character of the Revolution[61]
The Holy Jacobite Club[68]
State of Feeling[69]
Meeting of Convention[73]
Declaration of Right[78]
Arrival of Mary in England[80]
Accession of William and Mary[81]
Appointment of Officers of State[82]
CHAPTER IV.
Oath of Allegiance[88]
Corporation Act[92]
Test Act[94]
Coronation Oath[97]
The Coronation[99]
Comprehension[101]
Toleration[114]
Ecclesiastical Commission[124]
Convocation[138]
CHAPTER V.
James in Ireland[144]
Nonjurors: Cartwright—Thomas—Lake[146]
Sancroft—Lloyd—Ken[147]
Turner[148]
Frampton[149]
Hickes—Dodwell[151]
Kettlewell[152]
Whigs and Tories[156]
Irish Campaign[157]
CHAPTER VI.
Battle of the Boyne[159]
Sherlock[161]
Lloyd[164]
Scheme for Restoration of James[167]
Ejectment of Nonjurors[169]
CHAPTER VII.
Nonconformists[174]
Bunyan[175]
Collinges[176]
Flavel[177]
Baxter[178]
Holcroft[181]
CHAPTER VIII.
Tillotson as Primate[186]
Sancroft in Retirement[187]
Tenison succeeds Tillotson in the Primacy[195]
Death of Queen Mary[196]
Tenison’s Funeral Sermon[196]
Licensing of the Press[201]
CHAPTER IX.
Ecclesiastical Regulations[203]
Lords Justices[206]
Trinitarian Controversy[210]
Dr. Wallis[213]
Sherlock’s Vindication[214]
South’s Reply[216]
Howe’s Views[221]
William’s Injunctions[223]
CHAPTER X.
James II. at St. Germains[228]
Jacobites[229]
Conspiracy against William[231]
Execution of Sir John Friend and Sir William Parkyns[232]
Collier[232]
Sir John Fenwick[236]
CHAPTER XI.
Peace of Ryswick[242]
New Parliament[243]
Bill against Papists[245]
Church Preferments[247]
Duke of Gloucester[248]
Succession Act[250]
Death of James II.[253]
Abjuration Bill[256]
State of Parties[257]
CHAPTER XII.
Letter to a Convocation Man[261]
Dr. Wake’s Reply[264]
Francis Atterbury[264]
Convocation Meets[270]
Lower House resists the Archbishop’s Prorogation[272]
Censures Toland’s Book[275]
Burnet’s Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles[277]
Dissolution of Convocation[282]
White Kennet[284]
New Convocation[287]
Death of the Prolocutor[293]
Death of William III.[295]
CHAPTER XIII.
Bishops—Burnet[298]
Stillingfleet[299]
Patrick[300]
Moore and Cumberland[303]
Fowler and Kidder[304]
Hall—Stratford—Sharpe[306]
Lloyd[307]
Compton[309]
Trelawny[310]
Burnet and Sprat[311]
Crew—Watson[312]
Clergy—Beveridge[314]
Bull, Norris, Burkett[315]
Strype—Wharton[316]
Horneck[317]
Fanaticism—Mason[317]
CHAPTER XIV.
Ecclesiastical Discipline[321]
Manner of Worship[323]
Psalmody of the Church[324]
Character of the Clergy[325]
Condition of the Clergy[328]
Clerical Costume[331]
State of Society[332]
Intemperance[334]
Superstition[335]
CHAPTER XV.
Boyle Lectures[341]
Bentley[341]
Locke’s Reasonableness of Christianity[344]
Essay on the Human Understanding[346]
Leslie—Blount[349]
Toland and Norris[350]
Literary Style[352]
CHAPTER XVI.
Rise of Religious Societies[354]
Young Men’s Associations[356]
Society for Reformation of Manners[358]
Societies Advocated from the Pulpit[361]
Christian Knowledge Society[364]
Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts[369]
CHAPTER XVII.
Circumstances of the Nonjurors[375]
Kettlewell[377]
Dodwell[380]
Hickes[382]
Lee[383]
Nelson[384]
Nonjurors in London[387]
Social Gatherings at Shottesbrook Park[387]
Ken’s Retirement at Longleat[390]
Deaths of Nonjurors—
White[391]
Turner[392]
Samuel Pepys[393]
Political Views of Nonjurors[395]
Religious Spirit[396]
Modes of Worship[398]
CHAPTER XVIII.
Nonconformist Places of Worship in London[400]
Nonconformists in Nottingham and Chester[402]
In Northamptonshire[403]
Presbyterians[404]
Ordinations[405]
Edmund Calamy[408]
Seminaries for Dissenters[413]
CHAPTER XIX.
Presbyterians and Independents[420]
Antinomian Controversy[422]
Richard Davis[423]
Crisp[424]
Daniel Williams[425]
Stephen Lobb[426]
CHAPTER XX.
Matthew Henry[428]
Presbyterian Lord Mayors[429]
Daniel De Foe[431]
Manner of Worship[433]
Independents[436]
Ministerial Support[439]
CHAPTER XXI.
Deaths of Nonconformists—
Philip Henry[442]
Samuel Annesley[443]
Vincent[444]
Bates—Howe[445]
CHAPTER XXII.
Baptists[451]
Kiffin and Keach[453]
Caffin[455]
Quakers: Fox and Barclay[456]
Penn[457]
Mysticism[458]
Norris[459]